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Does anybody know offhand what the motivation was to use LUA as a new level description language? Does it bring new capabilities? [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 11:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC) | Does anybody know offhand what the motivation was to use LUA as a new level description language? Does it bring new capabilities? [[User:Netzhack|Netzhack]] ([[User talk:Netzhack|talk]]) 11:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Yes, it allows levels to be much more dynamic. Compare https://github.com/copperwater/xNetHack/blob/master/doc/lua.adoc to https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Des-file_format . [[User:Testbutt|Testbutt]] ([[User talk:Testbutt|talk]]) 17:04, 13 October 2021 (UTC) | ||
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Hi Gang!
Does anybody know offhand what the motivation was to use LUA as a new level description language? Does it bring new capabilities? Netzhack (talk) 11:11, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
Yes, it allows levels to be much more dynamic. Compare https://github.com/copperwater/xNetHack/blob/master/doc/lua.adoc to https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Des-file_format . Testbutt (talk) 17:04, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
